Though their partnership is lesser known, the collaboration of Taylor Mac and Machine Dazzle is on par with Burton and Taylor, Sondheim and Prince, Rodgers and Hammerstein. Mac writes and sings; Machine (né Matthew Flower) makes sure Mac is costumed to the nines. Their latest project together, The Hang, about the last few hours in the life of Socrates, is being staged at Here in Soho through March 6. “Wearing a Machine design is like being a piece of art,” says Mac. “It makes you want to match the artistry.” Working with Mac, says Machine, is “like an empty dance floor where I can dream and bring fantasy to life.” Has Machine ever made anything for Mac that was too, shall we say, over the top? “Not possible, honey,” Mac says.
Kat Edmonson, Taylor Mac and El Beh in “The Hang”
